Downtown Jacksonville Real Estate

Houses in the Northbank Downtown Jacksonville neighborhood are mostly built in the American Colonial, or Colonial Georgian, style. Charming characteristics of these homes include decorative crowns above entryways, wooden columns, a square symmetrical shape, and wood trim usually painted with an accent color to differentiate it from the rest of the home. You will even find that many of the homes built in this style have a real fireplace and a chimney to add its appeal.

Downtown Jacksonville Employment

There are several employment opportunities within five miles of the Northbank Jacksonville neighborhood. Major employers include AT&T Advertising & Publishing, Verizon Business, Memorial Hospital Jacksonville, Coca-Cola, Auto Trader, and more.

Downtown Jacksonville Hospitals and Medical Care

Memorial Hospital Jacksonville offers more than just quality medical care. The facility has won awards such as The American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Center of Excellence designation for Bariatric Surgery and the Healthgrades 5-Star rating in Clinical Excellence.

This hospital offers not only The Bariatric Center, but also the CyberKnife Cancer Center and the Neuroscience Center. Services and Specialties at Memorial Hospital Jacksonville also include the Cardiac Cath Lab, an Outpatient Diabetes Program, Emergency Express Care, Orthopedics, Maternity Care, and so much more. The Memorial Hospital Jacksonville is just eight miles from Northbank Downtown.

Downtown Jacksonville Population and Growth

As of 2005, the population of Downtown Jacksonville was 778,879 in a 592 square mile radius. The projected population for the year 2010, which is right around the corner, is 897,985. As an increasingly popular area, the growth of Downtown Jacksonville will bring new waves of development, diversity, and vitality.  The Jacksonville Economic Development Commission has recently introduced a plan that will even improve downtown transit and redevelop areas of the neighborhoods by beautifying streetscapes and converting one-way streets into two-way streets to make way for the upswing.

A Brief History of Northbank and southbank Downtown Jacksonville

During the late 1800's, Downtown Jacksonville was just a lumberyard. During the winter months, it would double as a tourist destination for visitors from the north. In 1901 much of the downtown area was destroyed by a devastatingly large fire that left more than 10,000 people homeless. Rebuilding efforts were helped along by famous New York architect Henry Klutho. In the early 1900's, many films and movies were made in Jacksonville before Hollywood was popularized, and the area was known as "Metro" and became known as one of the M's in MGM Studios. Since that time, the growth has been tremendous for Downtown Jacksonville for both business and residential areas